Get Ready For More Years Of Falsehoods and Smears From Hannity And O'Reilly

Media have reported that Fox News will be renewing the contracts of Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, for multiple years and multiple millions of dollars. Based on O'Reilly and Hannity's previous years with the network, these extensions will likely result in several more years of blatant falsehoods and smears.

Fox To Extend Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly Contracts

I've learned that Fox News Channel is finalizing new deals with its two biggest stars, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. The new multi-year, multi-million dollar agreements, which are expected to be completed by early next week, will take both hosts past their 20-year mark at the cable news network. [Deadline, 4/18/12]

NY Times: O'Reilly And Hannity "Are On The Verge Of Renewing Their Contracts Through The 2016 Election Season." From The New York Times:

Whether a Democrat or a Republican is inaugurated president next year, the conservative commentators Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity will still be in their respective studios, holding forth for the Fox News Channel.

The two men, whose contracts are up after the presidential election this year, are on the verge of renewing their contracts through the 2016 election season, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. The people insisted on anonymity because the negotiations were confidential.

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The news was first reported by the Web site Deadline.com on Wednesday. On Thursday morning, a Fox spokeswoman confirmed Deadline's report that the contracts for both men are expected to be completed by early next week.

The precise lengths of the contracts are unknown, as are the salary levels. But both men are already believed to make more than $10 million a year, on par with the top news anchors at the broadcast networks. [The New York Times, 4/19/12]

Hannity Repeatedly Falsely Claimed That Jennings Failed To Report The Statutory Rape Of A 15-Year-Old Student, And Even Advanced The Falsehood After It Had Been Conclusively Debunked. [Media Matters, 10/5/09, 10/7/09]

O'Reilly, On His Now-Defunct Non-Fox Affiliated Radio Program, "Couldn't Get Over The Fact That There Was No Difference" Between Harlem Restaurant And Other New York City Restaurants. [Westwood One, The Radio Factor, 9/19/07, via Media Matters]

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